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Meanings of das opium des volkes in English

Russian
опиум для народа
Portuguese
a religião é o ópio do povo
Spanish
la religion es el opio del pueblo
Catalan
opi del poble

Karl Marx's description of religion: “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions.

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опиум для народа
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Examples for "opium of the people"
Examples for "opium of the people"
1
Religion is not the opium of the people but their downfall.
How the soldier repairs the gramophone
2
The idea of God has frequently been used as the opium of the people.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
3
Religion, Karl Marx declared, is the opium of the people.
Brave new world revisited
4
Football is still the opium of the people.
The Irish Times
5
Perhaps religion is not the opium of the people, but philosophy is the opium of the politicians.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton